Tuesday, July 27, 2010

TWATAP: THIS WEEK at THE AMERICAN PRIZE

1. WINNERS: Certificates, evaluations and cash prizes have been prepared for winners of The American Prize Spring 2010 competitions, to be mailed this week. Certificates and evaluations will follow shortly to runners-up and finalists, then semifinalists and others.

The WINNERS page of the website is in preparation. Until it is uploaded, the complete list of winners of our spring 2010 competitions, including photos and bios, is available on this blog.

2. NEW COMPETITIONS: Applications are available for download for all the upcoming 2010 competitions of The American Prize, including new contests for singers and pianists, concert bands, opera and musical theater companies, composers and conductors. (Deadlines in October, November and December 2010—see website for details.) Applications are also available for the 2011 competitions in choral and orchestral music and conducting. (Deadline March 2011.) Visit www.theamericanprize.org

3. JUDGES: We welcome resumes from potential judges for all upcoming competitions. Please see the CALL FOR JUDGES link at the bottom of the home page of the website.

4. NEW LINKED WEBLOG: A new weblog highlighting the long history of The Friedrich Schorr Memorial Performance Prize in Voice has been created. It provides background for classical singers and singing teachers interested in the new Friedrich and Virginia Schorr Memorial Award for vocalists in art song, opera and operetta, being offered for the first time by The American Prize this fall.http://friedrichschorrprize.blogspot.com/

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ABOUT The American Prize

The American Prize is a series of new, non-profit national competitions in the performing arts providing cash awards, professional adjudication and regional, national and international recognition for the best recorded performances by ensembles and individuals each year in the United States at the professional, college/university, church, community and secondary school levels. Administered by Hat City Music Theater, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Danbury, Connecticut, The American Prize was founded in 2009 and is awarded annually. The competitions of The American Prize are open to all U.S. citizens, whether living in this country or abroad, and to others currently living, working and/or studying in the United States of America, its protectorates and territories. theamericanprize.org